diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/ResourcesUtil.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/ResourcesUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b2a0303a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/resources/ResourcesUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package org.eclipse.cdt.core.resources;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.CCorePlugin;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+
+public class ResourcesUtil {
+	/**
+	 * Refresh file when it happens to belong to Workspace. There could
+	 * be multiple workspace {@link IFile} associated with one URI.
+	 * Hint: use {@link org.eclipse.core.filesystem.URIUtil#toURI(String)}
+	 * to convert filesystem path to URI.
+	 * 
+	 * @param uri - URI of the file.
+	 */
+	public static void refreshWorkspaceFiles(URI uri) {
+		if (uri!=null) {
+			IFile[] files = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().getRoot().findFilesForLocationURI(uri);
+			for (IFile file : files) {
+				try {
+					file.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_ZERO, null);
+				} catch (CoreException e) {
+					CCorePlugin.log(e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsoleManager.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsoleManager.java
index 9e4699b105f..45938326d33 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsoleManager.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsoleManager.java
@@ -506,23 +506,4 @@ public class BuildConsoleManager implements IBuildConsoleManager, IResourceChang
 		return defaultLogLocation.toOSString();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Refresh output file when it happens to belong to Workspace. There could
-	 * be multiple workspace {@link IFile} associated with one URI.
-	 *
-	 * @param uri - URI of the file.
-	 */
-	static void refreshWorkspaceFiles(URI uri) {
-		if (uri!=null) {
-			IFile[] files = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().getRoot().findFilesForLocationURI(uri);
-			for (IFile file : files) {
-				try {
-					file.refreshLocal(IResource.DEPTH_ZERO, null);
-				} catch (CoreException e) {
-					CUIPlugin.log(e);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsolePartitioner.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsolePartitioner.java
index 2f987028d13..d975c539793 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsolePartitioner.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/BuildConsolePartitioner.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import org.osgi.service.prefs.Preferences;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.ConsoleOutputStream;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.ProblemMarkerInfo;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.resources.IConsole;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.resources.ResourcesUtil;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.CUIPlugin;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.preferences.BuildConsolePreferencePage;
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ public class BuildConsolePartitioner
 					} catch (CoreException e) {
 						CUIPlugin.log(e);
 					} finally {
-						BuildConsoleManager.refreshWorkspaceFiles(fLogURI);
+						ResourcesUtil.refreshWorkspaceFiles(fLogURI);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ public class BuildConsolePartitioner
 					} catch (IOException e) {
 						CUIPlugin.log(e);
 					} finally {
-						BuildConsoleManager.refreshWorkspaceFiles(fLogURI);
+						ResourcesUtil.refreshWorkspaceFiles(fLogURI);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ public class BuildConsolePartitioner
 					} catch (IOException e) {
 						CUIPlugin.log(e);
 					} finally {
-						BuildConsoleManager.refreshWorkspaceFiles(fLogURI);
+						ResourcesUtil.refreshWorkspaceFiles(fLogURI);
 					}
 					fLogStream = null;
 				}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/CopyBuildLogAction.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/CopyBuildLogAction.java
index 0691f0ca7f1..aa463ae5a35 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/CopyBuildLogAction.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/buildconsole/CopyBuildLogAction.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.FileDialog;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
 
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.resources.IConsole;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.resources.ResourcesUtil;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.CUIPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.IBuildConsoleManager;
 
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ public class CopyBuildLogAction extends Action {
 					MessageDialog.openError(shell, ConsoleMessages.CopyLog_ErrorCopyingFile,
 							ConsoleMessages.CopyLog_ErrorWhileCopyingLog+e.getLocalizedMessage());
 				} finally {
-					BuildConsoleManager.refreshWorkspaceFiles(destURI);
+					ResourcesUtil.refreshWorkspaceFiles(destURI);
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/wizards/settingswizards/ProjectSettingsExportStrategy.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/wizards/settingswizards/ProjectSettingsExportStrategy.java
index f45fff8b5aa..51e02daa49b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/wizards/settingswizards/ProjectSettingsExportStrategy.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/wizards/settingswizards/ProjectSettingsExportStrategy.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.wizards.settingswizards;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Writer;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
@@ -23,12 +24,14 @@ import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXTransformerFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.sax.TransformerHandler;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 
+import org.eclipse.core.filesystem.URIUtil;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
 import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.xml.sax.helpers.AttributesImpl;
 
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.resources.ResourcesUtil;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.settings.model.ICConfigurationDescription;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.settings.model.ICFolderDescription;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.ui.CUIPlugin;
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ public class ProjectSettingsExportStrategy implements IProjectSettingsWizardPage
 		ICConfigurationDescription config = page.getSelectedConfiguration();
 		ICFolderDescription projectRoot = config.getRootFolderDescription();
 		
+		boolean result = false;
 		try {
 			AttributesImpl attributes = new AttributesImpl();
 			
@@ -149,19 +153,23 @@ public class ProjectSettingsExportStrategy implements IProjectSettingsWizardPage
 			handler.endDocument();
 			newline(handler);
 			
+			result = true;
 		} catch (SAXException e) {
 			CUIPlugin.log(e);
 			page.showErrorDialog(Messages.ProjectSettingsExportStrategy_exportError, 
 					             Messages.ProjectSettingsExportStrategy_xmlError);
-			return false;
+			result = false;
 		} catch(SettingsImportExportException e) {
 			CUIPlugin.log(e);
 			page.showErrorDialog(Messages.ProjectSettingsExportStrategy_fileOpenError, 
 					             Messages.ProjectSettingsExportStrategy_couldNotOpen);
-			return false;
+			result = false;
 		}
 		
-		return true;
+		URI uri = URIUtil.toURI(page.getDestinationFilePath());
+		ResourcesUtil.refreshWorkspaceFiles(uri);
+		
+		return result;
 	}